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Drone Warfare on the Korean Peninsula: Paradigm Shift or Paradigm Risk?

On several occasions since 2013, crashed North Korean drones have been discovered in strategically significant areas in South Korea. Do North Korean drones represent a...

Van Jackson

October 28, 2014

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Is Kim Jong-un Being Pushed Out … or Just Recuperating?

While Kim Jong-un may be ill for now, each day he is not seen increases the possibility that he is being sidelined.

Troy Stangarone

October 10, 2014

Analysis

The Need for Tailored Engagement with North Korea

To address the growing crisis on the Korean peninsula, concerned countries need to use all available means, including engagement of the North.

David Straub

September 29, 2014

Analysis

The North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act: Pros and Cons

Proponents of sanctions typically come at the task with a variety of aims, and the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2014 is no exception.

Stephan Haggard

September 23, 2014

Analysis

5 Important Issues for the New U.S. Ambassador to Korea

Issues for the new U.S. Ambassador to help keep the U.S.-Korea alliance strong and active, both in the Northeast Asia region and around the globe.

Nicholas Hamisevicz

September 18, 2014

Analysis

Why Does the U.S. Hesitate to Enforce Its Laws?

Why has the United States hesitated to impose the same legal measures against North Korea that it has already used with success against other countries...

Bruce Klingner

September 17, 2014

Analysis

Joining the Asia Space Race: South Korea’s Space Program

The Republic of Korea (ROK or South Korea) is an emerging space-faring nation seeking to expand its space capabilities in the realms of science, communications,...

Daniel A. Pinkston

September 11, 2014

Publication

Installing THAAD in Korea

In recent years, the United States expressed interested in deploying the Theater High Altitude Area Defense missile system or THAAD, onto the Korean peninsula to...

Kenneth Lee

August 27, 2014

Analysis

Potential Ramifications of the House’s North Korea Sanctions Act

Amid Congressional gridlock, the border crisis and a lawsuit against the President, a rather important and potentially consequential bill passed the House without much attention....

Diane Stevenson

August 21, 2014

Analysis

Asia’s Slippery Slope

This PDF is the full publication and contains all of the following sections: KEI Board of Directors KEI Advisory Council About the Korea Economic Institute...

August 20, 2014

Publication

South Korea’s Triangular Relations

The discussion at the AAS meetings on March 29, 2014 included not only the four authors, but also Thomas Christensen, moderator, and Evans Revere, presenter...

Alexander Lukin

August 20, 2014

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Divergence on Economic Regionalism

For a time the endgame appeared to be under way in TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) negotiations and attention was shifting from the potential competition between TPP,...

Gilbert Rozman

August 20, 2014

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New Thinking on Diplomacy Toward North Korea

The fundamental question about the purpose of diplomacy regarding North Korea has come into stark focus. For a time Park Geun-hye seemed to be redoubling...

Gilbert Rozman

August 20, 2014

Publication

The Seoul-Beijing-Tokyo Triangle: Terra-centric Nordpolitik vs. Oceanic Realpolitik

History has shown that a power vacuum on the Korean Peninsula is an invitation to aggression. The 60-year-period from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95 to...

Sung-Yoon Lee

August 18, 2014

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South Korea’s Search for a New Diplomatic Strategy Toward North Korea: Trustpolitik as a Goldilocks Approach?

With the North Korean nuclear threat still lingering, the international community’s decadeslong effort to bring about peaceful denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula was in vain....

Shin-wha Lee

August 18, 2014

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